Nick Khami's Personal Blog

Personal blog and portfolio website for Nick Khami, software engineer, entrepreneur, and founder/CEO of Trieve.

This is my personal blog where I write about software engineering, entrepreneurship, machine learning, and various technical topics. The site showcases my work, thoughts, and journey as a developer and startup founder.

• Technical Blog Posts: Deep dives into software engineering, data analysis, and machine learning
• Entrepreneurial Insights: Lessons learned from building startups
• Project Showcases: Featured work including Trieve, Jukebox, and other open source projects
• Personal Updates: Thoughts on motorcycles, reading, open source, and right to repair

• Framework: Astro - Static site generator with modern web standards
• Styling: Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework
• Content: MDX - Markdown with JSX components
• Language: TypeScript - Type-safe development

src/
├── components/          # Reusable Astro components
│   ├── BlogPostCard.astro
│   └── blog/           # Blog-specific components
├── content/            # Content collections
│   ├── blog-categories/
│   └── blog-posts/     # MDX blog posts
├── layouts/            # Page layouts
├── pages/              # File-based routing
└── assets/             # Images and static assets

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/skeptrunedev/personal-site.git
   cd personal-site

2. Install dependencies

   npm install

3. Start the development server

   npm run dev

4. Build for production

   npm run build

public/robots.txt allows every crawler on every path, including AI search, answers, and training. The sitemap includes all published pages. Cloudflare's desired crawler settings are committed in cloudflare.crawlers.json, with bot blocking, AI Labyrinth, managed robots.txt, and Browser Integrity Check disabled. Cloudflare's automatic DDoS protection remains active.

Blog posts are written in MDX format and stored in src/content/blog-posts/. Each post includes:

• Front matter with metadata (title, description, tags, etc.)
• Rich content with embedded components
• Category classification for organization
• Featured post highlighting

The blog includes interactive data visualizations powered by:

• Plotly.js for charts and graphs
• Three.js for 3D visualizations
• Custom Astro components for data presentation

The data-analysis/ directory contains:

• Jukebox usage analytics and visualizations
• User engagement data and Sankey diagrams
• CSV datasets for various projects
• Jupyter notebooks for data exploration

While this is a personal blog, I welcome:

• Bug reports and fixes
• Suggestions for improvements
• Discussions about blog content
• Sharing of similar projects

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

• Current: Founder & CEO at Trieve - Building the world's best search API
• Previous: Software Engineer at NelNet Payment Services, zeroDAO, Breezy, and Quai
• Education: B.S. Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin (2022)
• Programs: Y Combinator, FUTO

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